Children's Dental Anxiety in Relation to Parental Dental Anxiety, Child's Age and Gender and Caries Experience

Children's Dental Anxiety in Relation to Parental Dental Anxiety, Child's Age and Gender and Caries Experience (Cross Sectional Study)

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06437249

Enrollment

Registered

2024-05-31

Start date

2024-06-30

Completion date

2025-02-28

Last updated

2024-05-31

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Conditions

Child Dental Anxiety

Keywords

Parental dental anxiety, Child dental anxiety

Brief summary

Determine the relation of of Children's dental anxiety to Parental Dental anxiety, child's age and gender and caries experience will be obtained through written questionnaires (ACDAS) and (CDAS) to the child and parents of children aged 6-8 years old in the clinic.

Detailed description

1. Soft copies of the Abeer children dental anxiety SCALE (ACDAS) Questionnaire and Corah Dental Anxiety Scale (CDAS) Questionnaire. 2. The child's age and gender will be recorded first. 3. Level of anxiety will be recorded by using Heart rate using fingertip pulse oximeter. 4. Dental caries experiences will record by using Dental caries indices (DMF and def) 5. Child dental anxiety will be evaluated from (ACDAS) Questionnaire: The first part is child self-report part, the operator will be answered by ticking the box that corresponds to child dental anxiety, 1 (happy), 2 (Ok), 3 (Scared). The second part about the cognitive part with five questions: three of them answered with (Yes, No) and the other two questions answered with score, 1 (happy), 2 (Ok), 3 (Scared) 6. Parents dental anxiety will be evaluated from (CDAS) Questionnaire. the parents will answer by ticking the answer. The final scores, >9 (Mild anxiety), 9-12 (Moderate anxiety), 13-14 (High anxiety), 15-20 (Sever anxiety). 7. Results will be analyzed by the statistician. 8. Data handling will be supervised by the supervisors.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

6 Years to 8 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Children range in age from 6-8 years old. 2. First dental visit. 3. Accompanied by their parents. 4. Both male and female included.

Exclusion criteria

1. Children with Physical or mental disabilities. 2. Children who refuse to participate.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Child dental anxiety	Two months	Using Abeer children dental anxiety SCALE Questionnaire Score score 1 happy 2 Ok 3 Scared
Level of anxiety	Two months	record Heart rate number using fingertip pulse oximeter
Caries experience	Two months	Using dental caries indices ( Decayed Missed Filling and Decayed Exposed to extraction Filling ) in mixed dentition

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Parental dental anxiety	Two months	Using Corah Dental Anxiety Scale Questionnaire Score a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, d = 4, e = 5 Total possible = 20 * \< 9 = mild * 9 - 12 = moderate anxiety * 13 - 14 = high anxiety * 15 - 20 = severe anxiety (or phobia) higher score means worse

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Primary ContactGhadeer Jawad, Master

ghadeerja08558@gmail.com00201220262599

Outcome results